1	Confident of Better Things Hebrews 6:9-12
2	Hebrews 6:7-8 “Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.” (NIV)
3	Hebrews 6:9-12 “Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are confident of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation. God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want …”
4	Hebrews 6:12 “you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.” (NIV)
5	Dear Friends (ágapātos) Beloved, fellow Christian. Used 66 times in the N.T., always of Christians
6	Better Things Certainly better than … “crucifying the Son of God … and subjecting him to public disgrace.” (6:6) Certainly better than … “being cursed. In the end it will be burned.” (6:8)
7	Better Things “Things that accompany salvation” Infancy Milk Unrighteousness Dead works Lazy Worthless Cursed Falling away Maturity Solid food Righteousness Repentance to God Diligent Useful Blessed Making your hope sure
8	Confident of the Character of God “God is not unjust; he will not forget (10)
9	Unjust (ádikos) Unrighteous, wicked.
10	Hebrews 6:10 “He will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” (NIV) Literally, “He will not forget your work and the love you have shown to his name as you have helped the saints (holy ones) and continue to help him.”
11	Matthew 25:31-40 “And he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance … for whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” (NIV)
12	Confident in the Diligence of the People “We are confident of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.”
13	Hebrews 6:10-12 “He will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.” (NIV)
14	Have helped … continue to help Minister to (diakonos) The first is an Aorist Participle The second is a Present Active Participle
15	James 2:18 “But someone will say, ‘You have faith; I have deeds.’ Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.’ … As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” (NIV)
16	1 Thessalonians 1:3-4 “… remembering your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” (NIV)
17	Diligent/Lazy Diligent (spoudā)—haste, speed, eagerness, enthusiasm. Lazy (nothros)—slow, sluggish, lazy.
18	Hebrews 6:11-12 “We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.” (NIV)
19	Confident of Better Things “Imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”